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Enlarge / Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli), grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. (credit: NIAID / Flickr) Proteins are chains of amino acids, and each link in the chain can hold any one of the 20 amino acids that life relies on. If you were to pick each […]
Enlarge / To genetically engineer RuBisCo, we’ll no longer need all the time and space involved with these plants. (credit: Roy Kaltschmidt) The single most abundant protein on the planet isn’t actually very good at its job. And, unfortunately, its job is important: to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and incorporate it into […]
Enlarge / FAD, the key ingredient to making this system work. The bit that absorbs blue light is on the right. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) It’s pretty easy to grow vast quantities of microbes. It’s a lot harder to convert those microbes into something useful. For example, we’ve engineered algae that, when starved for nitrogen, will […]
DEMENTIA is a common condition associated with the decline of the brain and its abilities – but scientists may be a step closer to finding a cure. Daily Express :: Health Feed
AN OBESITY pill could be on the horizon after the discovery of a protein that tells the brain you are full. Daily Express :: Health Feed
The chemical enzyme is sent by fat cells as a sensor to indicate enough food has been eaten. This stops any more eating – preventing us from putting on too much weight. The breakthrough could could also lead to treatments for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. Drugs that target the protein known as BH4 […]
